Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7bec04894952daaf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-13 22:55:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3890895e23618a508991cb7017122bec SHA-1: 9e0dfbeb7460c3dec4a491c82137559edb14e82a SHA-256: 7bec04894952daaf40f0ebfc4480b087b2b712377c73ed43e90114364dc66d94
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and it contains embedded JavaScript. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8a1f85ca3f6ca32ed928d2c14ae3434/66897258358.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://algarestofos.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bexejovuwujikenapipov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49ac8c6cda497e0ff938767dd4046419/24007034557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nvsrolko.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71229740541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.enjoyvaltellina.it/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63218941394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoandtruckrepair.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/jovogopuzefujilefowaletig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holidayinntorino.com/userfiles/files/panaxuvikamowalewebuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reformedgeneration.com/userfiles/file/64352569697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5udua.com/contents/files/lewopufetamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callmarkinvestments.fortunekenya.com/callmark/files/wakunetoriwuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulamanis.com/contents/files/22988091696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuephotocopytaihanoi.com/upload/files/68045000803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weforyou.it/userfiles/files/7372810047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pactolous.hu/upload/file/80369492434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garantc.ru/userfiles/file/fivevokujegoleza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riolisboa.com/images/ul_files/file/c3ITUayvC90K.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3sp7l3jgu3vcolvlg308i8m928/93238342586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://likuidart.com/files/ckeditor/files/33125787332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asavn.vn/uploads/userfiles/files/78633685404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ego-sofa.tw/uploads/files/202109112147546238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contextuae.com/resimler/files/27453725646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quatden.vn/webroot/img/files/jepijerezarizapatoreto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fruhmann-elektrotechnik.at/72217909933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gardens-spa.com/user_pict/file/zutadopitovisawejogituli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=elementary+principles+of+chemical+processes+4th+solution+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d219.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD219 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA2B 17704 bytes
SHA-256: 69d2f2512ef59c39ec50bcdaa6f207f5a53c5291d06218534698a33d7f59ecee
font_02_sfnt_off000117bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117BF 11160 bytes
SHA-256: 59392060cc5096daf505fabbaab04427904bd4b9b313ce8fe4467f762783199e